Little rascal

Hi All, I received a partial refund from kinugawa, the refunded me the first turbo minus the paypal charge. This is good news as I am less at a loss there. When I got the time I might take the turbo to a specialist who will tell me why the failure on turbo 2. Happy weekend to all

This is what is scary, luck plays a part too... I was not expecting to change the turbos that quickly... It was bought and bolt to last... Unfortunately it didn't Bad luck or bad manufacturing...

Hi, how can you know what pressure to put in? The original turbo and the kinugawa have the same pin hole for the oil intake. If there was an issue with the pressure or and the dirty/ contaminated oil the Mit Turbo would have also failed, no? I am glad I still kept the old bugger too as it keep me running Cheers.

Indeed, I bought it as it was cheaper, new and guaranted... Unfortunately I am out of near 500 pounds and still no Turbo There is no saving there... Not at all... Next time I'll get a second hand one but branded. That will save time and money. To LordChilly, they not all fail, this is what I bought one as I was reading good reviews from them... Until failure number 2 and I started researching better and found that actually a lot fail as well. Hopefully yours is a Good'un that will last Fingers cross. I talk to a Turbo guy here, he was saying the same as KAMAC tried, that "perhaps" if the turbo failed I should look at my setting, until he understood that the old Mitsubishi one was still going strong and did outstanding 2 Kinugawa and this without any bother, then he said its the turbos, not your engine... Thanks. But I knew that...

Hi Adam, I think it was in August for the first one. Then by the time it failed, had to send it back then agreed to pay the "extra" to fix, I think I got the second failure less then 2 month ago. Then the long process of emailing back and forth to Kinugawa and no more replies from them beside this on the 6 of Novembre saying its not their fault even if I send them picture of the turbo wet at the exhaust side, on the clamp and the car smoking a lot ( seal failure): Quote:"Our engineers based on the pics, we can make sure there are 2 problems caused the oil leak and white smoke 1.Obstructed turbocharger oil drain line 2.Obstructed engine crankcase vent(main problem) I think you need to check car engine. Any problem please let me know Thank you Sachiko Yours faithfully"End quote Of course no reason as why the old Mit is still going strong on the same engine, same crankcase pressure, same settings and so on... Not too good... Actually I thought the engine was toast as the next day I put the old turbo in, the car was smoking even more... That was bad... It was the left over of the engine oil in the exhaust. It took a while to clear too... Now all good. Pfff...

Thank you guys. Yep, some are OK with the Kinugawa for a awhile and others, like me, get total failure near or right away? Might be the quality control there, then this is like a gamble, you might be OK, you might not? Like when I got the reconditionned one, the turbine housing wasn't in the right place... That was not on... And the turbo didn't last a day... This make me think while typing that they might not have looked at the exhaust housing that could have been damaged when the rod/ bearing failed, and just insert a new CHRA, this could be why it failed so quick? BNR Turbos sound good...

It is about the Kinugawa review, this is why I posted there. To warn others. True, I don't drive a Subaru, but this is stated in my post, they have the same Turbos, or very similar It seems common for the KAMAK to fail without any warning and after the second CHRA ( if they send you one for free you are lucky ) don't be expecting anything else nor any guaranty from them. That's why Happy week Second post now

Hi all, I am far from having a race car, I am driving a Mitsubishi Delica... But I like to share my story as this could help others as well as they share similar turbo. I only read positive reviews before getting a Kinugawa KAMAC turbo, then once I got into troubles with it, I started to find some negatives reviews... But too late... The one I got was specific made for the car, link to the ebay ad here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kinugawa-Turbocharger-4M40T-2-8L-Pajero-Delica-TD04L-15T-5-add-50-Torque-/110855605754?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19cf824dfa Now, its a long post, and a first post, do not take it as negative, but more like a little warning on what can happen with the Taiwanese turbo as if I had read some of your post here about those failure I wouldn't have got one... Cheers Now, the long post, get the popcorn or the haggis Kinugawa Turbo made by KAMAK DYNAMICS review, catastrophic failure, turbo seal failed and near runaway engine and No guaranty... Here is a bad story and this is to warn you about my bad experience with those Chinese Turbos. I nearly lost an engine, certainly lost money and a lot of time... First they are not made in Japan, and I doubt that the bearing that is suppose to be made in Japan is really made in Japan either... Its a Taiwanese made and not Japanese as the Advert says this is were they are based on ebay... Now, all started when I wanted more power, then decided to go for a larger Turbo, the Kinugawa looking good and keen on price. I read some good reviews about them, then decided to take the plunge and bought one. Got a special price at 300 pounds for the complete turbo shipped to Scotland. The Turbo arrive and was bolted in. More power indeed, you can feel it right away. I was delighted, but not for long... Not long at all... After a long trip, on my way back, luckily just when I was near home, the Turbo started to wine a little louder? I didn't thought much about it as I barelly did 1500 miles with it on the Delica. The next day I went for a spin and about 5 miles from where I started, at 20Mph, BANG! A loud noise, load of smoke, no power... EEK! I stopped the deli ( I was very lucky there) and look under the hood, take the air intake out and the turbo at the front was ****ing engine oil, this was also going into the manifold... Not good as I nearly had a runaway engine! The white smoke was engine oil going into the exhaust... The turbo wheels was totally destroyed, the axle broken and the seal non existent as oil was pouring everywhere... Home I took the turbo out, and put back the old Mitsubishi one, that has been there for 100,000 miles and was / is still going strong... Now that was bad, really bad... But it get worse with Kinugawa kamak not accepting any liability there... Kinugawa were a guaranty, well, is no guaranty... Sachiko, the person I was talking to from Kinugawa kamak, started to tell me that something must have gone into the Turbo... Or that I turn the turbo housing to accommodate the fitting and that cause a total collapse( I get back to that later too) ... Or that my settings must be wrong and so on... To that I replied that the old Mit turbo is still going strong, still in good shape, and all on the same settings... Nothing would move Sachiko, it wasn't their reliable Turbos... Yeh, right... I send him the Turbo back to Taiwan and Sachiko said he'll make a rebuild for me, need a new CHRA as the other was totally gone ( Like I wasn't aware of that) , and to fix it, Sachiko told me this would cost me 120 pounds... :deadhorse I already paid 50 pounds to ship it back to Taiwan... A bit like on the post #164 here... Then here we are, 300 + 50 + 120... Total of 470, a near runaway engine and huge amount of time and effort tinkering with the on and off turbo replacement... I got the rebuild Turbo a while later. Now, the front wheel housing was on the wrong place, facing left when the Turbo was in instead of facing upward... I told Sachiko about this, to that he replied: You can gently turn the wheel as we usually accommodate when customers want for their car??? He new it was for a Delica, he knew the intake should be facing upward, not sideways...The mind boggle here too as I was told on Turbo number one that if I moved the wheel, it was a reason for a failure, but now was told I can do it... Humm... I put the turbo in, all oiled , let it idle for a bit, then stop the engine, all was good. I was back on track. Not for long... Not at all... I drove to a shop nicely, town driving, no traffic, took me about 10 minutes. From there I went to Mit dealer which was another 15 minutes away, there I had few burst to test the turbo, it wasn't spooling too fast I thought but hey, it was spooling... At Mit, the car was idled and started to smoke, unusual, I thought it might be some oil that went into the exhaust? From there a wee spin on the Highway see how it goes then 20 minutes later I stopped and the car and shock... It was smoking like hell... Again... A guy stopped there telling me its the turbo seal, to that I replied, I just put the new turbo in now... Went home blinding every one behind me with the smoke, took the turbo off and it was all wet with engine oil took the clip out, full of engine oil... Now I am , again, back with the old Mit Turbo that is still going strong... Sachiko from Kinugawa Kamak Dynamic sound like a broken record, this is not his turbo fault, this is my oil fed that are blocked, or something wrong with my settings and so on, he refuse to acknowledge the truth and that the old Mitsubishi Turbo is still going strong on the same car, same settings... It seems that this is not unusual at all for Kinugawa to send back replacement CHRA... this alone is not normal that they fail that often... Kinugawa turbos from KAMAK are a total failure. Kinugawa, when a guaranty is not a guaranty. Hope you enjoy the reading... That was a long post...